Gleanings — §404
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 404 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “world”, “earth”, “mankind” (363 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “limited”, “feeble”, “faint-hearted” (16 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “afar”, “corrosion” (2 occurrences)
SE rendered ضعیف (ḍʿíf), دریاق (dríáq), اعظم (iʿẓm), لازم (lázm), سواد (súád), نحاس (nḥás), امم (imm), اخذ (ikhdh), نموده (nmúdh), اکسیر (iksír), اعظم (iʿẓm) as “dying, wholesome medicine, potent, can ever restore, corrosion, human society, eating, into, Elixir”
This form usually rendered as “nations”, “peoples”, “people” (30 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “had”, “laid” (77 occurrences)
2 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered اکسیر (iksír), اعظم (iʿẓm), باید (báyd), حکیم (ḥkím), آیا (áyá), اکلیل (iklíl), غلبه (ghlbh), دارای (dáráy), قدرت (qdrt) as “Elixir, potent, can cleanse, Ḥakím, Is it within, ungodliness, human power”
SE rendered اعظم (iʿẓm), باید (báyd), حکیم (ḥkím), آیا (áyá), اکلیل (iklíl), غلبه (ghlbh), دارای (dáráy), قدرت (qdrt), اجزاء (ijzáʾ) as “potent, can cleanse, Ḥakím, Is it within, ungodliness, human power, constituent elements”
4 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered دارای (dáráy), قدرت (qdrt), اجزاء (ijzáʾ), مختلفهٴ (mkhtlfhٴ), شیء (shíʾ), واحد (wáḥd), تبدیل (tbdíl), نماید (nmáyd) as “ungodliness, human power, constituent elements, matter, any, transformation, to transmute”
This form usually rendered as “converted”, “barter”, “turned” (34 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “will”, “deprive”, “succeed” (95 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “station”, “connection”, “place” (338 occurrences)
SE rendered تبدیل (tbdíl), نماید (nmáyd), بمقام (bmqám), ذهب (dhhb), ابریز (ibríz), رساند (rsánd), اگرچه (igrchh), تبدیل (tbdíl), صعب (ṣʿb), مشکل (mshkl) as “change, to transmute, into, purest gold, Revelation, as, greater, difficult”
This form usually rendered as “observe”, “beholding”, “because” (98 occurrences)
SE rendered تبدیل (tbdíl), صعب (ṣʿb), مشکل (mshkl), بنظر (bnẓr), میآید (míáyd), ولکن (wlkn), تبدیل (tbdíl), قوّهٴ (qúqhٴ), ناسوتی (násútí), بقوّهٴ (bqúqhٴ) as “converting, greater, difficult, may appear, but, strength, satanic, power”
This form usually rendered as “satanic” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “contingent”, “one” (7 occurrences)
SE rendered قوّهٴ (qúqhٴ), ناسوتی (násútí), بقوّهٴ (bqúqhٴ), ملکوتی (mlkútí), ممکن (mmkn), نزد (nzd), مظلوم (mẓlúm), آنچه (ánchh), قوّه (qúqh) as “strength, satanic, power, heavenly, one, Force”
SE rendered بقوّهٴ (bqúqhٴ), ملکوتی (mlkútí), ممکن (mmkn), نزد (nzd), مظلوم (mẓlúm), آنچه (ánchh), قوّه (qúqh), تبدیل (tbdíl), نماید (nmáyd) as “power, heavenly, one, Force, transformation, capable”
SE rendered ملکوتی (mlkútí), ممکن (mmkn), نزد (nzd), مظلوم (mẓlúm), آنچه (ánchh), قوّه (qúqh), تبدیل (tbdíl), نماید (nmáyd), اعظم (iʿẓm) as “heavenly, one, Force, transformation, capable, transcendeth”
23 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “endowed” (1 occurrences)